News tagged with innate immune
How pathogens have shaped genes involved in our immune system
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study on human genetics on various populations across the world conducted by researchers from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS (France) has shown how pathogens can shape the patterns of genetic ...
Natural born killers -- how the body's frontline immune cells decide which cells to destroy
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The mechanism used by 'Natural Killer' immune cells in the human body to distinguish between diseased cells, which they are meant to destroy, and normal cells, which they are meant to leave ...
Autoinflammatory disease model reveals role for innate, not adaptive, immunity
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune ...
Vitamin D may exacerbate autoimmune disease
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Deficiency in vitamin D has been widely regarded as contributing to autoimmune disease, but a review appearing in Autoimmunity Reviews explains that low levels of vitamin D in patients with autoimmune disease may be a resu ...
New method to stimulate immune system may be effective at reducing amyloid burden in Alzheimer's
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a novel way to stimulate the innate immune system of mice with Alzheimer's disease (AD) - leading to reduced amyloid deposits and the prevention of Alzheimer's disease ...
Worms' nervous system shown to alert immune system in Stanford studies
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Oct 14, 2008 |
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The nervous system and the immune system have something in common. Each has evolved to react quickly to environmental cues. Because the nervous system is able to detect some of these cues - say, a characteristic odor signaling ...
Team finds genetic link between immune and nerve systems
Sep 19, 2008 |
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DURHAM, N.C. —Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered genetic links between the nervous system and the immune system in a well-studied worm, and the findings could illuminate new approaches to human therapies.
